2 USC Sophomores Baptized in 11 days

On the cold, rainy night of December 12th, our campus ministry trekked out to the Pacific shores to see Robert baptized, a sophomore at USC. Devin, also an SC 2nd year, shared how Robert was an inspiration to him to get baptized soon. 11 days later, we were at the ocean again, just north of the Santa Monica Pier, for another miracle.

It all began with long time friends. Late night on October 23rd Annette was packing up for CRAVE, the fall campus weekend retreat. She decided to call an old friend to see if he might be interested in coming. They'd stayed in touch since he went off to USC and she to the IE. She'd become a true disciple of Christ and had recently helped another one of her old friends get baptized at UCLA. Even though it was last minute, Annette's faith was strong.

Devin did come to CRAVE...and he loved it. Exactly 2 months after that phone call and a lot of bible study, prayer and repentance, Devin was baptized into Christ on December 23rd.

When praying for male students at USC, we have a special place in our hearts for fraternity guys and athletes to become Christians. While they can easily be consumed with campus prowess and popularity, they also can learn valuable leadership skills that can be amazing assets for the church.

We praise the Lord for these two souls and hope they'll follow in the footsteps of Paul; "...He got up and was baptized, and after taking some food, he regained his strength...At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God." Acts 9:18-20.